Fortunately I was able to quickly revert to a restore point and my Acer laptop appears to be safe now. Out of hundreds of program installs I've done, none have ever attempted to corrupt my computer in this manner, as I always download from assume 'safe' sites. I suggested to them they might have a disgruntled worker/volunteer who sabotaged the download program, as it was downloaded directly from their website, not a 3rd party. I alerted the folks at MiniTool, but they didn't seem to take it seriously. The malicious Chromium ''Browser'' will hog up your system resources, so removing it can be like playing Whack-a-Mole. it was backdoor installs obviously done by the MiniTool installer, since all of this transpired between the time the installer was started and completed. None of this was done by user consent or approval.

Additionally, it installed a supposed antivirus program that was hard to remove, requiring multiple uninstall attempts before finally it was removed. when installing, noticed it bogging down my laptop then got a Trojan virus warning (it was quarantined and removed) then the malicious Chromium Browser popped-up, which is a self-replicating 'bug' that is hard to remove because it refuses to be uninstalled via control panel (see ). Tried the suggestion to install MiniTool Partition Wizard from the link supplied. Recover the image from the backup( from the external HDD) on to M.2 SSD.

Go to BIOS and change the boot order to make the USB as the first boot.Ĭonnect the external HDD( with USB to SATA cable) Remove the HDD, install the M.2 SSD connect the USB recovery disk( created with Macrium) Install Macrium Reflect Free, create a backup of your HDD to an external HDD, create a recovery USB with same program. Install MiniTool Partition Wizard, use Migrate feature to migrate your OS from HDD to M.2 SSD, remove the HDD boot with SSD.

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